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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BEVAN

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

(origin: Welsh.) A contraction of Ap Evan, or Ivan, the son of John; from ap, son, or literally from, and Ivan, John. So Brice, from Ap Rice; Pritchard, from Ap Richard, etc.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Iefan ‘son of Iefan’, Welsh equivalent of John.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)